Sage Hill Journalists Help Peers in Los Angeles Publish School Newspaper
Sage Hill Journalists Help Peers in Los Angeles Publish School Newspaper
Yearbooks4Youth, in its second year as a one of Sage Hill’s junior-senior publications-based Service Learning projects, got off to a fast start last week when the six student journalists helped a Los Angeles high school produce its first print newspaper in a decade.
Seniors Kristin Saroyan, Celine Wang and Jackie Nam with juniors Vale Lewis, Stephanie Min and Lauren Hausman (pictured above) agreed to paginate the four-page Toiler Times on the first day of Service Learning after getting the copy, cartoons and photos from Manual Arts High School, located across the street from the L.A. Coliseum.
Konnie Krislock, publications adviser, learned of the school’s plight after an initial meeting with the Toiler Times adviser, Paula Kashtan, in a mentor gathering. “Paula had worked with her journalism staff for more than a month teaching them interviewing and writing and then discovered they didn’t have computer software to design the pages,” Krislock said. “I thought, ‘we can do that during Service learning’ and offered to help.”
“Their stories were interesting and we loved working on this project on a day when we were just scheduled to get organized,” Saroyan said. And graphic artist Nam was able to enhance the Toiler Times logo and cartoons so that they would reproduce well.
The newspaper comes out this week and includes coverage of the Manual Arts Homecoming win over Firebaugh High School (57-0) and Homecoming dance at the LAX Hilton last weekend. "When Michelle Min ’15 dreamed of what this publications Service Learning project could be, I think she would now be proud to know that we have extended our outreach,” Krislock said.
Yearbooks4Youth begins its real work this month at all three elementary schools—E.B. Cole, Quest Academy and El Sol Academy—collaborating with students and staff to produce each school’s yearbook.
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